Truth bomb! The image is made all important. When we meet people we form an image of them. The image is not them, it is static and limited by your memory of the person. But the image has become so important. There is fear of how we are perceived, which becomes more important than who we really are.

When a person watches a movie, the brain is recording, being conditioned, regardless of if "I know it's fiction." As a child, when I see someone popular, unpopular, good, evil, weak or powerful in a movie, the brain records what they are wearing, how they are talking, their attitude. etc. Then we imitate, to create images in other's minds. It's probably a survival technique of evolution.